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The employment department sided with him, so no big deal
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Americans! 
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Story is from Daily Mail Online, therefore 99% chance it's fake news...
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I did not intend for this to be such a long rant, but it kinda got out of control, and actually helped me solve the problem. 
I am greeted first thing this morning by a call from my colleague informing me that something's awry with the mail server (self hosted 2008r2 w/hMailServer). Hmm...my last incoming email from it was around 2AM and now it is unreachable. 
A quick glance through the event viewer shows a forced restart at 2:30 due to a few windows updates. The hMailServer logs naturally show the service shutting down and starting back up, but also, is showing a severe application error with a sql query. This error shows only once, even after restarting the service numerous times. Has it fixed itself??? Running the diagnostics test in hMailServer still fails to connect to my static IP on port 25. 
OK, I admit, my version of hMailServer was a few versions (5 years) out of date, so maybe it's time for an upgrade. This went fine, but did not resolve the issue. The clients/telnet still can't connect, even using an internal IP for the server.
Other things I checked:
0: port forwarding rules in my access point/router
1: firewall settings on the server
2: port filtering in my (ISP) modem/router
Things I tried:
0: changing port numbers for both send and receive
1: reinstalling and reconfiguring hMailServer from scratch
2: rolling back the windows updates that caused the restart
3: rechecking the server firewall...hang on! What is this picture of a park bench? Why the elephant is this network connection classed as Public???   Set it to 'Work' and everything works again!
So, on the forced reboot, something bad happened with the adapter/driver and it created itself a new connection which obviously defaults to Public...which in turn obviously blocks the ports I needed for email. Strangely, no other services (ports) (rdp, ftp, sql server, file sharing) were affected.
On another note, it's almost like the server (OS) knows it's about to be replaced and is showing out.  I think Alexa heard me talking on the phone the other day and told it. If it were up to me, I would have never brought one of these things into the house...now we have one in the living room, a smaller one in the bedroom, and now the newest one (with a screen) in the kitchen. The newest one worries me the most as it has a camera on, and lights up when I walk in the room as if to signal that 'they' are listening and now probably watching!
I've got a blank 480GB SSD...all I need to do is buy/download the server 2016 iso and spend the weekend setting it up and swapping it out. Even though the box is almost 7 years old, the hardware is still more than adequate for my needs, so it'll just get a new larger home drive with a new set of instructions. Honestly, it's a nice opportunity to skip the weekly yard chores and relax in the A/C.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Glad to hear you got it fixed  On a tangential note: software like Alexa and Siri creeps me out. A friend had her tablet "off" (probably in stand-by or low-power) and was talking about needing to look for a new baby-seat since the old one broke and not 10 minutes later turned on her tablet to an ad for baby-seats. Nope nope nope. All the nope 
(She hadn't searched for a new one yet.)
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About 3 weeks after getting my new IPhone 7 plus, I must have said something that sounded like Siri, because my phone came alive and started listening to my voice and dictating what I was saying.
Privacy issues? nahhhh.
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I am pretty sure that all these voice controlled devices are constantly recording all sounds and streaming them up to their home server. That is where the sounds in your house are checked for commands or questions that it needs to respond to.
Also, isn't it usual practice for Windows servers to be updated manually rather than automatically?
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Roland M Smith wrote: isn't it usual practice for Windows servers to be updated manually rather than automatically?
Yes, and if it isn't, it should be.
Controlled suicide, versus automatic suicide...the update is still going to kill you. 
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Roland M Smith wrote: isn't it usual practice for Windows servers to be updated manually rather than automatically?
I'm sure that's true where human resources allow. Here, it's just me, and I'd rather be doing development than managing the server so I chose the automatic route. It's worked fine until now...and even then the only real damage was the inconvenience of a few hours without email. Moving to the newest server version, I'll probably do the same thing...as if I'll have any real control over it at all...something which I continue to struggle with on WinTen. Actually, I'm just a lot more careful about what I leave (unsaved work) in the afternoons. There was some talk here about it, but I don't think anyone's claimed that victory yet.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Obligatory XKCD: Listening[^]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I laughed a hearty laugh, and then.... I laughed some more.
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I swear there's an obligatory XKCD for everything. I'll have to add this one to my list
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Jon McKee wrote: I swear there's an obligatory XKCD for everything.
Everything? Here it is.
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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Exactly!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I've been seeing the same thing happen with the Farcebook app on my phone. Last week I made a mention of Diablo (the game) at the dinner table and, not 20 minutes later, I was getting an ad on Farcebook for Diablo 3. It's listening to everything. I'm just waiting for it to pick up on an intimate moment between me and the misses and display ads for condoms.
It's a little disconcerting to say the least. I wonder if there is a way you can disconnect Farcebook from the microphone without it knowing and raising a fuss.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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The very fact that an UPDATE changes the location of a network is The Real WTF... Wait, wrong site. But still...
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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So I've read the blog of this lady about an encounter at a gas station.
There was this guy with something resembling a car. He was overcompensating for something with a huge engine, exposed for everybody to see, because the car didn't even have a hood.
She told him he needs therapy, but he misheard and mumbled something about terrorists and then demanded to see her tits ...
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Terrorist, therapist, all the same. And Mexico will pay for it.
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soapbox.
or even better: facebook.
Sin tack
the any key okay
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Is a pacifist a more violent alternative to a pacifier?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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easy to fix: dose 'em with pacific.
Sin tack
the any key okay
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Hmmmm, I thought it was: pacify, pacifier, pacifiest!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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"The whole world must learn of our peaceful ways... BY FORCE!"
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